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From Medieval Latinepocha, from Ancient Greekἐποχή ‎(epokhḗ, “a check, cessation, stop, pause, epoch of a star, i.e., the point at which it seems to halt after reaching the highest, and generally the place of a star; hence, a historical epoch”), from ἐπέχειν ‎(epékhein, “to hold in, check”), from ἐπί ‎(epí, “upon”) + ἔχειν ‎(ékhein, “to have, hold”).

Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.

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